Anatomy of a Killing: How Shaimaa al-Sabbagh Was Shot Dead at a Cairo Protest.
A photo that will remain in memory of every freedom fighter…
Shaimaa al-Sabbagh died publicly. Journalists and camera phone-wielding bystanders captured the last desperate moments of her life after she was fatally shot on January 24, at a small, peaceful demonstration in downtown Cairo.
In it, she’s being held upright, her small frame supported by a man in a black jacket with his arms around her waist and head at her breast.
She looks ahead, her mouth slightly open in agony or shock, her short hair disheveled and clothes stained by the lingering Cairo dust.
There is blood smeared down her cheek and leaking through her grey jumper in small patches where the contents of a shotgun cartridge fired at close range by a member of the security forces tore into her upper back, lacerating her heart and lungs….
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